Europeans React to US Elections

"Many commentators around the world have looked at the US election results as a chicken looks at a knife: not knowing exactly what to do with it.... It is now proven that Donald Trump's election was not an accident. The victory in the Senate, even if anticipated, shows for the first time in a great democracy that a populist can keep power after having begun to exercise it." — Les Échos.

"...Trump is expected significantly to increase pressure on Europeans to invest the target of two percent of gross domestic product (GDP) on defense. Above all, Berlin will face pressure to spend billions and billions of euros, because the federal government is far from achieving this goal." — Die Welt.

"Many in the country had hoped that the first full electoral verdict on the presidency of Donald Trump would deliver a decisive repudiation of Trumpism. The results do not bear this out." — Irish Times.

U.S. President Donald Trump arrives with Vice President Mike Pence to give remarks a day after the midterm elections on November 7, 2018 in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

The American midterm elections attracted intense interest in Europe, where much of the political and media establishment are hostile to U.S. President Donald J. Trump, and many had openly hoped that the vote on November 6 would weaken him and his legislative agenda.

Newspapers and magazines across Europe provided saturation coverage of the elections. The overwhelming majority of commentaries and editorials, while customarily vitriolic in tone, grudgingly acknowledged that the midterm results did not amount to the total repudiation of the Trump Administration and may even help the president's chances for reelection in November 2020.

In terms of transatlantic relations, many observers raised fears that if the Democrats, who won control of the House of Representatives, succeed in thwarting Trump's domestic initiatives, the president may place more focus on foreign policy and increase pressure on free-riding European allies to spend more for their own defense.

What follows is a brief summary of some of the European media coverage of this year's U.S. midterm elections.

"Even handing over power to Democrats in the House of Representatives may have a bit of a silver lining for the president. Now he'll have someone to blame if the economy takes a turn for the worse (and, given business cycle realities, it might). He's got a ready-made explanation for why he can't get anything done in the next two years — and a pitch for what needs to change in the next election.

"Day in and day out, he'll have a set of clear political opponents to contrast himself with.

"Both Bill Clinton and Barack Obama lost control of the House in their first term in office and went on to win re-election."

"While there was a Democratic 'blue wave,' it was modest, in line with usual midterm shifts, particularly when one party is in charge of all the branches of government. Trump will celebrate this as a victory, which is not without merit.

"As many as two dozen Democrats are said to be seriously considering running for president. The sprawling field spans the ideological spectrum of the left and is distinguished by gender, race and age....

"The major fault line is between those who believe the party's next presidential nominee should be unapologetically liberal who can boost turnout among progressives, minorities, young people and other base voters, and those who believe the party should nominate a candidate who can chart a more moderate course that appeals to independent and undecided voters in battleground states."

"While Democrats in the House can launch investigations, Republicans in the Senate can keep appointing judges. Trump retains the power to put a third justice on the supreme court, as well as packing lower benches with reliable conservatives who will be in place — making decisive rulings on civil rights and the like — for the next 40 years. That could prove Trump's most lasting legacy.

"The Democrats may be in a stronger position than they have been in Congress for eight years, but without majorities in both congressional houses they will still struggle to block many of the Trump administration's political moves....

"There is a difference between an electoral scolding and a tornado of public fury. Even the most partisan opponent of the President would be hard pushed to describe these elections as transformational in character....

"Trump was indeed chastised by the US electorate: but scarcely to the extent that he might have feared, and many hoped. The resilience of his political base and the strength of the US economy — which has recorded growth near or above three percent in five of the seven quarters since he took office — saw him through: bruised but still standing.

"What will it take to topple this man? A lot more than the Democrats have yet mustered."

"The big lesson for the Left is that while liberal disgust at Trump was a powerful driver, it isn't enough.... This is a battle of ideas, who we are and what we believe. Even if you loathe Trump and the Republicans, you know their script. Low taxes, low regulation, jobs, borders, traditional values and guns. Make America Great Again. Not one political geek in the room knew what the core positive Democrat message was, or if one even existed."

"The Trump Fortress is besieged but its ramparts are solid. By depriving it of its majority in the House of Representatives, but strengthening it in the Senate, Tuesday's elections normalized a presidency that the Democrats hoped to disqualify as a historical anomaly....

"Although his ability to govern is going to be seriously undermined, the president feels he is in a good position to be re-elected in two years. His fiercest opponents, who dreamed of having his rhetoric and nationalism disqualified at the ballot box, have ended up with a president who has become 'normal' in two elections, firmly established at the head of his party and ready to fight in 2020."

"For the next two years, Donald Trump will rule the country with a Democratic House of Representatives, which will be able to block his reforms and launch investigations into his affairs. As he has shown several times since his campaign in 2016, the billionaire is never as formidable as when he is attacked.

"While he has run his political program for two years, he could use the Democratic opposition to tighten even more his base around him: nothing like a common and identified adversary."

"Many commentators around the world have looked at the US election results as a chicken looks at a knife: not knowing exactly what to do with it....

"In fact, Donald Trump never stopped proposing a referendum on his personality and style. His bet is partly won: it is now proven that his election was not an accident. The victory in the Senate, even if anticipated, shows for the first time in a great democracy that a populist can keep power after having begun to exercise it.

"The battle will now rage in Washington on the assumption of a second term of Donald Trump in 2020. But what lessons can be learned from the vote for the rest of the world and Europe? The choice by voters for someone with a big ego as a remedy for the supposed powerlessness of 'traditional' leaders is not a parenthesis. On the Old Continent, and particularly in France, where opposition parties are weak, the political and economic elites must realize this."

"The mood between the US and the EU is likely to worsen further. Put simply, Trump is expected significantly to increase pressure on Europeans to invest the target of two percent of gross domestic product (GDP) on defense. Above all, Berlin will face pressure to spend billions and billions of euros, because the federal government is far from achieving this goal."

In an analysis for the left-leaning Die Zeit, columnist Martin Klingst wrote:

"From a German perspective, the result of these midterms is unclear: Donald Trump's Republicans lose the majority in the House of Representatives, but expand their majority in the Senate. And even the elections of governors in more than 30 American states are not as devastating for Republicans as expected. Why, one wonders, have voters not punished the unpopular Trump and his party far more severely?

"The answer is simple: Because this election took place not in Germany, but in America, which, by reestablishing a balance of power in Congress, returned to political normality on November 6, despite and because of Trump....

"These midterm elections have also shown: Donald Trump remains an unpredictable and strong opponent for the Democrats. It will not be easy for them to take the president out of office in two years. Almost everywhere Trump fought in this Republican campaign, his supporters have won. By contrast, his party critics have lost."

"The Democrats have a chance in the presidential elections in 2020 only if they prove their own political ability, drive a coordinated course and advertise with charismatic minds for a change. Currently, the party lacks all three conditions. Trump will exploit this weakness. He will flatter power-hungry faction leader Nancy Pelosi today and demonize her tomorrow. He will lure the Democrats with poisoned offers and defame them as blockers if they refuse."

"Seldom before has the world followed the congressional elections in the USA with such interest. Above all, people from outside the country wanted to know one thing: Is US President Donald Trump a unique industrial accident in American history or a message for a permanent change of course for the world power? The midterm elections have given no clear answer — at least nothing definitive.

"Although Trump is politically weakened by the victory of the Democrats in the House of Representatives ... for the rest of the world hardly anything changes.

"The Democrats share Trump's protectionist instincts and will particularly support Trump's aggressive course on China. Even Europe cannot hope for support from the now-Democratic-dominated House of Representatives in the fight against Trump's punitive tariffs. Trump has enough leeway to tighten his 'America First' policy, for example with duties on automobiles....

"Apart from trade, the House has little say in America's foreign policy....

"In general, Germany must be ready to remain the target of American foreign policy. When it comes to moving Berlin towards higher defense spending, Democrats and Republicans may not use the same approach, but both agree on the point."

"Many in the country had hoped that the first full electoral verdict on the presidency of Donald Trump would deliver a decisive repudiation of Trumpism. The results do not bear this out.

"If anything, Donald Trump is likely to be vindicated by the results. In recent weeks he has been criticized by many, including members of his own party, for not focusing on the strong economy in the run-up to the election and instead focusing on immigration. The better-than-expected performance of Republicans seem to suggest that his strategy worked.

"Trump will also argue that his decision to focus on the Senate and not the House races proves that he still has the political instincts that helped win him the White House in 2016. Ultimately the three states he visited on his last day of campaigning on Monday — Ohio, Indiana and Missouri — all delivered Republican victories. Trump's final tweet of the day on Tuesday seems to suggest that the President is pleasantly relieved at the results of the midterms. 'Tremendous success tonight. Thank you to all!'"

"One thing is certain: Trump is not an anomaly destined to be quickly forgotten. The anti-system wave that carried him to the White House was not a quirk of history; it is one of the signs of our time. In some respects, his electoral result in 2018 is more solid than that of 2016. Then it was outsider's luck; now it is the substantial estate of a leader who became head of the Republican Party."

"Do not be deceived by the headlines of some newspapers. It is true that Donald Trump lost the House, while consolidating his majority in the Senate. It is not true, however, that the Democrats have swept back America. Quite the opposite. There was no blue wave against the tycoon. The Democrats absolutely have not found the person who can defeat Trump at the next election. Instead they risk becoming increasingly hostage to minorities. In fact, it will be very difficult for the party to find a programmatic synthesis to unite all of the extremely different interests. The Democrats have not yet found the new Barack Obama."

"If these mid-term elections were to be — as they were — a referendum on Donald Trump, the result is not the condemnation that many in America and especially in the rest of the world were hoping for....

"In a sense, today the Republican party is even more his own than it was yesterday. And this increases the possibility that a second term in two years is no longer an impossible eventuality. It would have been if the Republicans had lost the majority in the Senate.

"The results of the midterm election will allow him to reshape his court in the White House, as Louis XIV did in Versailles. For each presidency the midterm elections are an opportunity to make changes to the presidential team.

"Before the midterms, half of Democratic voters considered Republican voters to be enemies, and vice versa. From now on it will be more difficult to return to a bipartisan policy that everyone claims and no one practices: the head-on collision will continue until the great presidential battle of 2020."

"The big question for friend and foe of the United States is whether the election results point to a weakening or strengthening of Trumpism... Foreign countries would do well not to cheer too soon. Because it is not at all said and done that the end of the Trump era is nigh. This applies to countries that have difficulty with Trump's approach, such as Iran. That is true, conversely, also for countries that benefit from his policies, such as Israel....

"It is also not obvious that the 'America First' president will suddenly adopt radically different positions. His aversion to alliances like the European Union is deep. The idea that freeloaders are taking advantage of the US is not just an opinion, but a conviction Trump has cherished for years. It therefore remains very logical that he will continue to put the European NATO partners under pressure to increase their defense spending.... US presidents tend to respond to mid-term losses with changes in domestic policy but continue to pursue the already set course in foreign policy with extra energy.

"Trump has great freedom of movement in trade policy. The rest of the world has already experienced this during the last two years. Should Trump direct more political energy to trade policy, then that will be especially detrimental to China, which incidentally has dug its heels in the sand. No one benefits from a large-scale and long-term American-Chinese conflict: it is detrimental to the entire world economy. Beijing can expect little from a Democratic House of Representatives: many Democrats are also critical of China.

"A bright point is that a Democratic House of Representatives attaches more value to good relations with the EU. Europe could therefore be spared, perhaps in the form of a trade agreement.

"Canada and Mexico, in renegotiating the NAFTA treaty, agreed to an American ban on concluding treaties with 'non-market economies' (read: China). Japan is also being pressured by the Americans to accept these new clauses.

"The question is whether Europeans should be deprived of this sovereignty. Probable answer: no. Whether this will lead to a new impetus in European-Chinese trade relations is the question. Distrust in increasing Chinese investment in EU countries is growing in Brussels. This is how Europe stays between the two fires of the ruling and the emerging world power."

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36 Reader Comments

Erica Ling • Nov 17, 2018 at 10:31

Some of the European media is surprisingly well balanced in this report. Reading the hysterical venom that passes for political journalism in the US and UK, is reminiscent of their coverage of the Israel / Palestine problem. Any wonder POTUS Trump empathises with Israel?

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K • Nov 16, 2018 at 11:06

Thank you for this article--so deeply informative and I appreciated the way you identified some of the European media as typically conservative or center-right, left, etc. It is very helpful for further reading of European articles. It also shines an even more penetrating light on how deeply skewed our own American media is and helps me further understand the abusive critics from Europe who live and work here in the U.S. (I still don't agree with them, though! If I lived and worked in a European country, I would be apt to stay *out* of *their* politics~~but they sure don't feel the same way.)

Go Trump, Go!! <3

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Richard Delotto • Nov 11, 2018 at 16:04

EXCELLENT summary--- thank you!

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robert davis • Nov 11, 2018 at 04:43

Congratulations to President Trump and TRUMP FOR PRESIDENT in 2020

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Victor • Nov 10, 2018 at 14:55

President Trump is a genius. That is all.

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Dimitri • Nov 10, 2018 at 01:51

Moral of the story: the MSM has undermined their credibility and thus their power to influence the masses and elections. The 80's won't be coming back. That's why the establishment elite hates the Internet.

In the late John Rockefeller own words: "The internet was a mistake. We should have never allowed it." Too late!

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carol owen • Nov 9, 2018 at 19:12

I am a 70-year-old English patriot.My British government is corrupt. We will never leave the EU.I voted Brexit, I believe, the European Union is corrupt as is the United Nations,The globalists want ownership of the world and control of its people.My loyalty is to President Donald Trump. He offers what we once had until we were sold out decades ago by previous and present politicians to the EU.

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Bill • Nov 9, 2018 at 18:19

I say completely withdraw all military aid to the globalist, Islamist Europeans. I see Europe as a much greater long term threat to the liberty and sovereignty of the USA than Russia. Europe is a sharia imposing, Islamist enemy of liberty.

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John Lemon • Nov 9, 2018 at 15:03

The freeloaders of the world needed a wakeup call. Americans are tired of paying for the lazy parasites that take from American taxpayers to give to the poor Muslims in their countries. Then they turn around and complain when the US asks them to start paying their own way instead of expecting the US to bail them out every time they have a problem. This lets me realize why my ancestors left their home countries in Europe to come to America. The European elite love to sit back and talk about freedom, liberty, equality, fraternity, at the same time they use socialism to tax the rich, enslave the rest, and put their hands out for US dollars to line their own pockets.

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Judith Grayson • Nov 9, 2018 at 14:59

what europe must always be mindful of is that the Founders exited europe. America, is quite a different story. it is, for example, the greatest Constitutional republic in the history of the world. and on the level of ordinary Americans going about their daily lives, it is the place where one can start anyplace. without family connections and with a few hundred dollars in one's pocket. and religion is everybody's business and no one cares to interfere with it. there are no kings and everyone just stands on their money or their principles if one wants to be looked up to.

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william carr • Nov 9, 2018 at 13:41

Macron wants a EU army. He won't get it if EU states are unwilling to pay fairly for their own defence. With the US backing them up and providing the core of the forces and finance they will not pay for it to defend themselves either. They will squabble among themselves over who has to pay and who is paying their 'fair share' helping to hasten the collapse of the EU, Hooray!

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Bisley william carr • Nov 9, 2018 at 18:14

The army Macron envisions will be built by taking away the armies of member states and putting them under EU control. It won't be of any value for fighting a war, but will be quite adequate for imposing the EU's will on recalcitrant member governments (particularly when they have no forces of their own to counter it).

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susana william carr • Nov 10, 2018 at 08:39

no one should pine for the EU to collapse---we want a stabilized world. They are our allies, but yes; I agree that their behavior and expectations should be well modulated and take our advisement seriously.

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William David Houston • Nov 9, 2018 at 13:06

The established order hates and fears Donald Trump because he has the power to change everything and he's not averse to using that power. He's like the unwelcome guest who crashes the party and alters it beyond recognition. He's also not a member of the establishment's club. They love their club because it's been good to them and has nourished them for the better part of their lives. Consequently they can't imagine a world which is not under the control of their club and they're terrified of losing everything they've worked so hard to maintain. But Trump isn't interested in maintaining the status quo. He wants to change the status quo. Put simply, Trump is the enemy of the establishment because the establishment has become the enemy of the people.

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susana William David Houston • Nov 10, 2018 at 08:50

yes. It's a prime example of what happens when one thinks they are untouchable [the old guard], eventually they take too much; where it rankles the people to seek change. Fathers of our constitution were very wise, they figured out a system of governance; that affords a re-shifting of power to rebalance or re- calibrate power [which impacts the people]. The shortsightedness of personal concerns for self vs global concerns are sometimes at the fulcrum; which I do not think that the average person grasps. We all should be careful in our decisions and rhetoric, as to how we express our desire to stabilize our economy as well as stabilize EU and mid-East region. Mass migration is dangerous on a very human level as well as the world losing various cultures; maybe even permanently--this should sadden and concern everyone.

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Alan Bork • Nov 9, 2018 at 11:49

A comment from Europe; Trump is in a strong position for 2020. What he ought to do is run with Nikki Haley as VP, to prove everybody wrong about himself and to bring her in position for 2024. That will be good for America and indeed for most of the world. As for Europe; sadly enough we don't seem to be able to save ourselves.

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susana Alan Bork • Nov 10, 2018 at 08:52

Oh-I like the Nikki Haley idea for VP in 2020!

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David G • Nov 9, 2018 at 11:42

Great summary of the alleged morally superior EU pundits. No, Europe, you aren't an iota 'better' than the USA---despite the pretense.The lessons for the Dems:1. 'Trash Trump' failed. Any Hate campaign ultimately will fail.2. Spending 2.5 years on the Trump smear campaign even with the main stream media lying 24/7, solidified his position. The opposite of what the Left--in its infinite capacity to delude itself----presumed.
3. Try to come up with some new policy ideas, not recycled 'Socialism'. Your Marxist-Leninist foundations have been thoroughly debunked and will remain so despite efforts to re-brand it. No Germany, Denmark and Norway are not Socialist. The Welfare State, a slightly different beast has also failed just as Margaret Thatcher predicted.

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Alan • Nov 9, 2018 at 10:43

Here in the US the Democrats and media have gone full Communist and racist. Slowly more citizens are becoming aware of it and many of the indoctrinated socialist younger population are openly embracing it. The culture war continues...

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CeCelia Squires • Nov 9, 2018 at 09:42

Europe was saved from itself by the U.S. twice! What have we gotten for it? Europe looks down on us, calls us ignorant and cowboys while at the same time expecting us to defend all of Europe! We in the U.S. are done with you! The Democrats in the House will show what clowns they are, and guarantee President Trump will be re-elected! Europe, you are on your own!

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bonnie loranger CeCelia Squires • Nov 9, 2018 at 10:36

Agree.

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Elizabeth bonnie loranger • Nov 9, 2018 at 18:29

I totally agree and it is about time Europe started paying for their own defense. They have been 'sucking at the trough' for far too long!!!

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Jeff Page • Nov 9, 2018 at 08:25

I think that those Americans who went for the "new look" Democrat candidates will live to regret it. 2 Muslim women voted in, is just the beginning of the self-destructive element within the US electorate that have chosen a very real enemy to represent them. The 2 Muslim women will show favour to Muslim communities and they will be regarded as taking Jihad to the very core of the US. The EU and many European leaders hate the fact that they will need to pay more for defence. They don't like that Britain is leaving, because they'll receive no more money, and to have Trump insist that they pay their rightful share hurts the freeloading countries such as France and particularly Germany.

But the biggest reason by far is that Trump supports the populists as opposed to the globalists who seem to think that people of the world should move freely and live wherever they want. We see what that actually brings. The invasion of Europe by freeloading Muslims and the Caravan on the way to the US from South America, complete with Muslim terrorists travelling with them.

All the Europeans are doing is forcing their own people to accept Muslims who are culturally opposed to the West. It's because they fear repercussions and in some cases, mistakenly think that we'll all live together as one big society. The leaders still haven't caught on to the fact that Muslims are setting up "no go areas" in many towns and cities across Europe. Trump has got it right and the American people need to support him and take no notice of the Liberal retards!

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Hanna Jeff Page • Nov 9, 2018 at 09:24

Every word you have wrote is true and correct.

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SMe Jeff Page • Nov 10, 2018 at 09:08

This "globalism" talk is parlance made to appeal to the Left wing Dems & Democrats alike; who think that it is a non-threatening benign way to live with (global) equanimity (appealing to our highest moral sense). This is a front to operate below the radar, and establish a foothold within our democracy; and then undermine it and bend it towards the will of the Muslim brotherhood---this is not conspiracy, it is a dictum and a vow that is meant to be kept...whether it take 5yrs - 10yrs - 30yrs. Unwittingly what this will ultimately do, along the way; is help destroy whole cultures that have been in existence for thousands of years--and the Dems think they are supporting diversity and the people with equanimity--it's a ruse.

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James Smith Jeff Page • Nov 10, 2018 at 15:04

Canada now has a Somalian immigration minister who has announced his intention to dramatically increase the amount of Somalia immigrants with nothing but cheers and support by the left liberals and msm.

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Eamonn Gavin • Nov 9, 2018 at 08:06

Here in Ireland, one struggles to think of a very small handful of commentators who support President Trump - or even a few who are neutral on the subject. At the mere mention of his name, media personnel burst out laughing, firing nasty, abusive names and generally belittling nobody but themselves by their open buffoonery. A sad aspect is that a lot of we Irish are quite apathetic and follow the flow, and "own "opinions" are the opinions that they last heard on the media.

These people are proud to state that they would never watch such as Fox News. When asked why, they simply say that Fox is all rubbish and pro-Trump. The reason they say that is that the Irish media says it. When I ask them why they don't want to get the other point of view, they say that there is no other point of view, "Trump is an idiot", "an appalling human being", a "liar", etc. At the same time, they cannot enlarge on such statements - they just say "That's what he is, end of".

For me, I simply fail to understand how anybody can take seriously the likes of Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, Maxine Waters, Hillary Clinton, etc. And they consider Obama to be a God. Yes, still!!! They berate President Trump for his comments about women, but they give Bill Clinton a free pass - and also JFK.

The fact that President Trump is doing EXACTLY what he was elected to do, what he said he would do, is totally ignored by the media here. The success of the economy, employment figures, etc., are ignored. In tandem with CNN (yes, I also watch that) the Irish media no longer has a rational discussion on U.S. politics - it is simply a sluginsult-fest from beginning to end. Any guest panel is lucky to have even ONE neutral or pro-Trump member, so there is NO debate, just insults (just like CNN). When one brilliant pro-Trump guest is included - such as Seth Barrett Tillman - and wipes the floor with the presenter, he/she is lucky to be invited back.

Best Wishes to All in the Great USA.

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Chuck Eamonn Gavin • Nov 9, 2018 at 10:30

As one of Irish heritage, it saddens me to see the Irish media go full Left tilt, but for what reason? If the Irish have gone from "beer and a brick" testosterone to full submission mode, the beautiful and charming country is primed for an onslaught of Muslim migration which will change it to the point of no return, as in Sweden, France, Belgium, Spain, UK - are the Irish feeling left out of that playpen?

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Hugh E. Brennan Eamonn Gavin • Nov 9, 2018 at 11:09

It is quite sad for Irish Americans to see what is happening to Eire. The scandal of your government paying the press (and the journalists accepting the money) to propagandize for increased 3rd world migration to Ireland is absolutely Orwellian in its implications. The seeming collapse of traditional Irish morality is an existential threat to the continuity of the Irish people and culture. We're suffering many of the same ills, but, at least, there remains a vigorous counter-narrative here that disputes the Left consensus at every turn.

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Bisley Eamonn Gavin • Nov 9, 2018 at 19:02

The news industry (at least 90% of it) is controlled by socialist-globalists -- they own it, they manage it, and hire only people who agree with them. News in the US is a propaganda organ for the Democrats that promotes them and their policies, and vilifies and censors the opposition. It's no different in the EU -- they promote the socialist, globalist, pro-Muslim invasion, pro-EU point of view, and do their best to suppress and disparage everyone and everything that might undermine it. Unless a substantial portion of the public comes to understand that they're being propagandized and lied to, nothing will change -- and these people will eventually succeed in imposing a socialist tyranny on Europe and America. The education industry is much the same -- the public is being lied to by most of the accepted sources of information, and few bother to think enough for themselves to question what they're being told.

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Chuck • Nov 9, 2018 at 08:04

Seems like Europe won't be happy until the US becomes like Europe. At that point the US will have thrown in the towel and it will be every person for its personhood, as my nod to PC madness...like lets all return to the Dark Ages for a do-over.

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Lee Muth Chuck • Nov 9, 2018 at 17:11

Chuck, ever hear of the phrase "misery likes company". Well, it certainly rings true for the EU and, to some extent, Ireland. I feel the EU is morbidly jealous of the US and its ability to "just say no" to Globalist and their ilk. The EU and Ireland are self-destructing, they know it but they can't seem to shake off the control of their overseers. God Bless you folks and I pray you finally get leadres that can stand on their own 2 legs and REALLY represent their peoples.

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John Miller • Nov 9, 2018 at 07:16

No US President in recent history has "blessed" Israel as Donald J. Trump has done in his first term. God's promise to Abraham stands. He who blesses Israel will God bless. He who curses Israel God will curse. What a pity the liberal elite politicians, journalists and political activists would not go out and buy a Holy Bible. In it they would discover the wisdom of God in its ancient prophecy. God does not lie.

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John Forbes • Nov 9, 2018 at 05:46

The POST-MODERNIST GLOBALIST groups or movement started in the FAILED states of Europe & will continue to spew hatred of the right of centre groups in the US!The French left has been anti-US for a very long time as have the left all over Europe.On top of this demographics is changing Europe & this is well illustrated in the Mark Steyn book - AMERICA ALONE!America is still far stronger than all of Europe & still has National Pride & Christianity (albeit now VERY WEAK) but it is still there!

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David Ashton John Forbes • Nov 9, 2018 at 07:25

The globalist movement of Institutes like CFR and the New Left of Marcuse and Black Power started in the US & spread across the Atlantic.

Those who wish to protect the European demographics of the US, Canada,UK, Australia, New Zealand and Europe itself MUST CO-OPERATE PDQ.

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John Miller David Ashton • Nov 9, 2018 at 10:49

Israel exists because of God's sovereign covenant relationship with them. If you doubt that read Deuteronomy ch.7, vs.6-ll in the Bible. That makes it a unique nation in the world to this very day. The United States of America exists because its Founding Fathers sought refuge in a new land to pursue their Christian faith, untrammeled by state interference. That makes them unique among western nations. The support of the USA for Israel is no coincidence and should never be given explained by modern politics. It will exist as long as God prospers it.

The Presidency of Mr Obama put it in jeopardy because he does not acknowledge the God of Israel. Whether or not Mr Trump is a true believer in Jesus Christ may be debatable, but he does have men and women around him who are. The State of Israel recently struck a medal with the head of King Cyrus, ancient ruler of Babylon, on one side and Donald Trump on the other. If you read the biblical account of the involvement of Cyrus with Israel and compare it with, for example the moving of the USA Embassy to Jerusalem and Trumps remarkable solidarity with the Zionist ethos you just may begin to understand the similarity between the two men. Both "blessed" the seed of Abraham. God has promised to bless such individuals and He never goes back on His word.

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